Mo Yan is a writer who, defiantly in the face of those who wish his work were less cartoonish and more straightforward in its political meanings, continues to sing his own peculiar and alluring song.

Intuition is a gift, an inner power that you can turn to whenever you need it.

Victimhood and a “can't do” spirit is what the Democratic Party has mostly been about since the Great Depression.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace.

He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird.

Ya gotta live somewhere, but also you GET to live somewhere.

If you have a pap smear every year, there's no reason to develop cervical cancer.

As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes.

Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime.

He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he had faith !